Zy's DCoM Blog

  For my blog, I decided to dive into the depths of Japanese music and culture. Going into this I knew absolutely nothing about the topic, so this was quite interesting for me to research.  Brief History  I found a good bit of information on the history/origin of Japanese music. To sum it up, Chinese music had a great influence on the music and instruments that were in Japan. The oldest Japanese folk music, being one of the results of China’s influence, also called Traditional Japanese music contains two of the oldest types of folk music. “shōmyō, or Buddhist chanting, and gagaku, or theatrical court music.” ( History of Japanese Music)  Shômyô - Buddhist liturgical chants, Shingon sect (Japan) “Shōmyō is a ritual music sung in a Buddhist ceremony by a group of Buddhist monks” ( History of Japanese Music ). The other form, gagaku, is the oldest form of traditional music in Japan. It accounts for two types of music: Kigaku (instrumental) and Seigaku (vocal). T...

  For this assignment, I decided to interview my sister. She is a millennial (10 years older than me), and as for her music taste, I had a pretty vague idea of what she likes now vs what she liked when she was my age. So, this interview was pretty fun for me to do. Although we are 10 years apart, she's like my twin so I assumed that we would have some similarities when it came to our specific music tastes and our views on the music industry. She was an avid viola player in high school, and I was really excited to talk about that because I was super young and missed most recitals/performances. To no surprise, it was a great time to interview her and get the inside scoop of the 2000s high school experience. Z= Me C= Sister Past Tastes Z: What kind of music did you listen to as a teen?      C: 80s and 90s R&B, with the occasional 70s funk.                              ....